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Fact Sheet on essential education data collection during the Covid-19 crisis
As nations contend with a planet-wide pandemic that threatens lives, livelihoods and ways of living, monitoring education data may not be on top of the priority list. However, if we are to avoid...
May 13, 2020/by 518Report on the COVID-19 impact on public and private life as well as statistical work
The Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) has joined forces with 36 international organisations to present the report...
May 13, 2020/by 518More Timely and Country-Level Data Now Available for Education, Science and Culture
UIS global education database
While the global numbers and regional averages on key indicators such as out-of-school rates remain the same as those published in September...
May 2, 2020/by 311While the global numbers and regional averages on key indicators such as out-of-school rates remain the same as those published in September...
Tools to Help Countries Measure Digital Literacy
Digital literacy is a key component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with Target 4.4 aiming to increase the share of youth and adults with relevant technical and vocational skills for...
May 2, 2020/by 311New Study: Costs and Benefits of Different Approaches to Measure Learning
The UIS has released a new study to help countries and...
May 2, 2020/by 310The UIS Launches 2020 Education Survey
The 2020 Survey of Formal Education covers key data for the school year ending in 2019 required for the monitoring of international and national education goals.
Following the adoption of...
May 2, 2020/by 310Following the adoption of...
World Teachers Day 2019
To mark World Teachers Day, the UIS has released a new edition of its eAtlas of Teachers, which presents a wide range of data and indicators based on results of the Institute’s...
May 2, 2020/by 310UIS Launches R&D Survey
Research and experimental development (R&D) plays a pivotal role in driving a country’s economic growth and hence is instrumental in alleviating poverty. As part of the Sustainable Development...
May 2, 2020/by 310UIS Releases New Education Data and SDG 4 Indicators for 2018 School Year
New data on the world’s out-of-school children reveal little or no progress for more than a decade, with about 258 million children, adolescents and youth out of school in 2018: around one-sixth...
May 2, 2020/by 310Upcoming Meetings of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning and the Technical Cooperation Group on the Indicators for SDG 4 – Education 2030
As the official data source for SDG 4, the UIS is working with countries and partners to build consensus around the measurement agenda, while developing the indicators, standards and tools needed...
May 2, 2020/by 310New Projections Show the World is Off Track in Meeting its Education Commitments by 2030
One-third of the way to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, new projections prepared by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Global Education Monitoring Report (...
May 2, 2020/by 310UIS and World Bank Join Forces to Help Countries Measure Student Learning
The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) announced today a new partnership to help countries strengthen their learning assessment systems, better monitor what students are...
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